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Animar, Soul of Elements
Legendary Creature — Elemental · GUR
Color identity: Green · Red · Blue · Temur
Animar, Soul of Elements is Temur (green, red and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Protection from white and from black
Whenever you cast a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Animar.
Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Animar.
Reference price of the card: €19.11
Average lands in decks for Animar, Soul of Elements: 33
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: A (89/100)
- Consistency96
- Speed78
- Interaction69
- Resilience98
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 33 lands (23 nonbasic, 2 Island, 2 Mountain, 6 Forest)
Sol Ring · Beast Whisperer · Birds of Paradise · Arcane Signet · Forgotten Ancient · Hardened Scales · Ancestral Statue · Rhythm of the Wild · Temur Ascendancy · Llanowar Elves · Garruk's Uprising · Rattleclaw Mystic · Peregrine Drake · Soul of the Harvest · Hydroid Krasis · Ornithopter of Paradise · Heroic Intervention · Counterspell · Elvish Mystic · Hullbreaker Horror · Mulldrifter · Vizier of the Menagerie · Maelstrom Wanderer · Solemn Simulacrum · Cultivate · Kami of Whispered Hopes · Lightning Greaves · Walking Ballista · Bloom Tender · The Ozolith · Artisan of Kozilek · Beast Within · Farseek · Nulldrifter · Delighted Halfling · Eternal Witness · Kozilek, Butcher of Truth · Primordial Sage · Swiftfoot Boots · Worldly Tutor · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Surrak Dragonclaw · Apex Devastator · Branching Evolution · The Great Henge · Fierce Empath · Fierce Guardianship · Ozolith, the Shattered Spire · Rampant Growth · Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger · Rhystic Study · Spellskite · Blasphemous Act · Consecrated Sphinx · Cyclonic Rift · Deflecting Swat · Fanatic of Rhonas · Kodama's Reach · Phyrexian Metamorph · Reclamation Sage · Cloud of Faeries · Fyndhorn Elves · Ulamog, the Defiler · Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre · Guardian Project · Temur Sabertooth · Command Tower · Breeding Pool · Stomping Ground · Exotic Orchard · Steam Vents · Frontier Bivouac · Ketria Triome · Hinterland Harbor · Rejuvenating Springs · Wooded Foothills · Rootbound Crag · Misty Rainforest · Yavimaya Coast · Scalding Tarn · Reliquary Tower · Spire Garden · Cinder Glade · Sulfur Falls · Training Center · Dreamroot Cascade · Shivan Reef · Karplusan Forest · Rockfall Vale
🃏 Recommended cards for Animar, Soul of Elements
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Animar, Soul of Elements, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Beast Whisperer | 67% | +58% |
| Ancestral Statue | 51% | +47% |
| Forgotten Ancient | 53% | +46% |
| Hardened Scales | 52% | +40% |
| Soul of the Harvest | 42% | +38% |
| Peregrine Drake | 42% | +37% |
| Rattleclaw Mystic | 43% | +36% |
| Vizier of the Menagerie | 38% | +35% |
| Hydroid Krasis | 41% | +35% |
| Ornithopter of Paradise | 40% | +34% |
| Mulldrifter | 38% | +33% |
| Hullbreaker Horror | 38% | +30% |
| Llanowar Elves | 46% | +29% |
| Walking Ballista | 33% | +29% |
| Artisan of Kozilek | 31% | +28% |
| Nulldrifter | 31% | +28% |
| Primordial Sage | 30% | +28% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 35% | +28% |
| Rhythm of the Wild | 48% | +27% |
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth | 30% | +27% |
| Kami of Whispered Hopes | 33% | +27% |
| Elvish Mystic | 38% | +26% |
| Birds of Paradise | 61% | +26% |
| The Ozolith | 32% | +25% |
💰 The best cards for your Animar, Soul of Elements deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Ancestral Statue
- Forgotten Ancient
- Hardened Scales
- Peregrine Drake
- Rattleclaw Mystic
- Vizier of the Menagerie
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Beast Whisperer
- Soul of the Harvest
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Walking Ballista
- Rhythm of the Wild
- Kami of Whispered Hopes
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
- The Ozolith
- Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
- Ulamog, the Defiler
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Bloom Tender
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Animar, Soul of Elements
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mox Amber → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Animar, Soul of Elements's color identity?
Animar, Soul of Elements is Temur (green, red and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Animar, Soul of Elements come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Animar, Soul of Elements deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 33 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 22 % of the time and floods 4 %. Deck health: A (89/100).
How many lands should a Animar, Soul of Elements deck run?
Real Animar, Soul of Elements decks run 33 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Animar, Soul of Elements?
The three highest-synergy cards are Beast Whisperer, Ancestral Statue, Forgotten Ancient. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Animar, Soul of Elements decks.
What combos does Animar, Soul of Elements have?
Animar, Soul of Elements has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Animar, Soul of Elements deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ancestral Statue, Forgotten Ancient, Hardened Scales are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.